Chapter 15 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind

Author: Hell Cat God

Chapter 15 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind

Du Yu and Chen Da planned to go to the Daming Mansion area to gather information. Unexpectedly, they encountered robbers who blocked the road not far away.

Chen Da killed two people without hesitation, and he also killed one and captured the other.

Du Yu pointed his gun at the man on horseback and asked a few casual questions. Unexpectedly, he got something unexpected. These people were actually the scouts of a group of bandits in Xingzhou, and they also came for the birthday card.

The four of them saw him and Chen Da riding horses and looking like traveling merchants, so they decided to block the road and rob them.

Du Yu didn't find it strange after hearing this. Even in the Water Margin, it was clearly written that the birth certificates sent to Zhenghe in the third year of the Song Dynasty were robbed.

That is to say, even without his unexpected factor, there are still many people in the Song Dynasty who are eyeing this treasure.

After hearing this, Chen Da jumped off his horse and dragged the man into the woods beside the road. After a while, there were waves of wailing and begging for mercy.

After a while, Chen Da walked out of the forest and said: "Brother, I have already asked. The group of people found out that Daming Mansion has sent a group of people to escort the birthday card. The route is not clear yet, but it is probably to

Take some official roads."

Du Yu nodded, and then asked: "Has it been dealt with?"

"Well, I thought it was a hard bone, but after a little bit of trickery, I died. I haven't found out where their copycat is yet," Chen Da said.

Du Yu was a little dumbfounded. People said that Lu Zhishen acted recklessly and without regard for the consequences. In fact, Monk Hua still had a delicate side. Not to mention the martial arts of Jumping Stream Tiger, he had a rather reckless personality.

But what can he say after all the people are dead? It’s no shame that they are not good people anyway. That guy’s tricks are so shady. It can only be said that maybe there is pure hatred between colleagues.

"Those corpses should also be disposed of," Du Yu said.

"Brother, should we wait on this route now or go to other places to investigate?" Chen Da dragged the three corpses and threw them into the forest, then came back and asked.

"We still have to go somewhere else. It's not good to wait and see. If we didn't take this route, our trip would have been in vain." Du Yu said.

The two looked at each other to make sure there was no blood on their bodies and then continued on their way, but this time they had a stronger purpose.

There are many routes from Damingfu to Bianliang, but if you don't take a detour like Yang Zhi did and take the official route, then there are only two or three.

In addition to avoiding places close to the state capital along the way, there are not many suitable ambush points. After all, the entire journey is only more than 400 miles.

Now that the man's camp had heard that the team escorting the birthday party had set off, Du Yu planned to rush along several official roads. The method was a little clumsy but guaranteed to be foolproof.

After making up their minds, the two of them no longer worried about whether they would attract the attention of pedestrians on the road, and galloped away with their whips raised.

Perhaps because the two of them were unlucky, there was no trace of the caravan on the route between Daming Mansion and Xiangzhou.

So they immediately changed direction and planned to explore the official road directly south of Daming Mansion.

Before walking very far, Du Yu discovered dozens of ruts of different colors on the official road, which seemed to be traces of a large caravan passing by.

The two of them were delighted and urged their horses to move forward.

After walking for another twenty miles or so, we found a wide open space ahead, and now we could see the ruts becoming clearer and clearer.

Du Yu secretly thought that maybe it was because Liang Zhongshu had asked his officers and soldiers to pretend to be a caravan and take the official road and was robbed, that he allowed Yang Zhi to disguise himself and take the small road.

This guy was afraid of alarming the other party, so he took out his binoculars and looked forward from time to time. After all, the escort team was also the official army of the Song Dynasty, and they couldn't be as useless as the soldiers in Huayin County.

After driving for about five miles, Du Yu finally saw the shadow of the 'caravan' through a high-powered telescope. In order to get a closer look, he climbed up to a big tree on the side of the road to observe carefully.

Although those 'vendors' did not wear the Song Dynasty's standard equipment, they could still be seen as soldiers, numbering at least around a hundred people. The two leaders were riding tall horses, one was holding a gun, and the other was holding a Guan Dao.

At first glance, he is different from ordinary traders. After all, ordinary businessmen can afford to hire more than fifty bodyguards, and the ones those people hold are not ordinary knives, but military waist knives.

Du Yu was very happy to find the rightful owner.

He asked Chen Da to wait here while he turned his horse around and went back to find Zhu Wu and others.

An hour later, Du Yu, Zhu Wu, Han Bolong and more than 30 of his minions rushed here to join Chen Da.

After driving for a while, they felt that they were getting close, and then they came to the forest beside the road. A group of people opened their packages and helped each other put on armor, took off the lances attached to the pack horses, and got fully armed.

After a while, a Tiefutu team of more than thirty people appeared on the official road of the Song Dynasty.

Du Yu took the lead, using binoculars to observe the situation ahead while chasing forward.

He had seen before that there was a large open area not far ahead, which was perfect for a cavalry charge. He believed that even if he was delayed for an hour, those people would not be able to get far.

Here I have to say that Liang Zhongshu was stupid. If Suo Chao was sent to lead a team of cavalry to escort, how could anything happen?

Of course, it is also possible that the birthday plan was not brought to light at all. The idiot did not dare to mobilize the army, so he transported it secretly. Therefore, the escort method used was to pull the goods on foot with a donkey cart.

They did not dare to speed up in order to maintain their horsepower, but they still saw the shadow of the 'caravan' two quarters of an hour later.

What Du Yu didn't expect was that there were shouts of killing everywhere, and it was obvious that someone had started fighting with the officers and soldiers.

The guy quickly took out his binoculars and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was a group of powerful bandits who were besieging the officers and soldiers who were transporting birthday packages.

It has to be said that the official army of the Song Dynasty still had some combat effectiveness, at least it was not like those soldiers in Huayin County who got into chaos when encountering some situation.

The officers and soldiers relied on the donkey carts to form a battle formation to attack and defend. On the contrary, the bandits had no plan and only relied on their large numbers to attack in one go.

Although the bandits were somewhat ferocious, they could only do nothing in the face of the well-trained troops, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Such a situation is beneficial to the officers and soldiers. After all, this is the official road of the Song Dynasty, and Daming Mansion is one of the four capitals of the imperial court. It is not uncommon for pedestrians and caravans to travel on the road, and even occasionally people from the army pass by. It takes a long time.

The longer it goes, the more disadvantageous it will be to those bandits.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers were not in a hurry, and under the command of the two leading generals, they became more and more calm as they fought.

The war between the two sides was in an anxious state, and Du Yu could have been a mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.

Although he has never fought in a war, this guy knows the principle of quick victory. As I said, this is on the official road of the Song Dynasty after all.

Moreover, Daming Mansion is only more than 400 miles away from Bianliang City, and there are many forbidden troops stationed in the middle. Changes will inevitably occur if it takes a long time.

So, the guy waved the big gun in his hand, and a group of people urged the horses to slowly increase their speed while approaching the battlefield.

The team of more than 30 people and more than 40 cavalry seems to be small in number, but once the heavy cavalry starts running, the momentum is astonishing.

The officers and bandits who were fighting fiercely heard only a rumble in the distance at first, and then they noticed that a cavalry team was rushing towards them from behind.

At this time, the officers and soldiers thought that bandits had come to support them, and the bandits thought that Liang Zhongshu had sent cavalry from Daming Prefecture.

But fighting is a matter of life and death after all, and neither side dares to give up easily, even if Du Yu and the others are getting closer and closer, the two sides are still entangled.

By the time the group of people rushed to about two hundred meters, their speed had increased.

Du Yu swung the big gun in his hand again. Han Bolong, Chen Da and others immediately picked up their lances and tucked them under their armpits. They each found a target and rushed towards them.

Two hundred meters may seem far away, but in fact it can be reached in an instant.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!... Bang! Bang!"

The sound of weapons piercing the human body and the sound of horses colliding immediately sounded, and at the same time, those who were injured but not dead also began to scream tragically.

At this time, the group of bandits and the officers and soldiers escorting the birthday party realized that this was another group of gangsters.

Du Yu and others, whether they were officers or bandits, killed them all, which made both sides stunned on the spot. For a moment, they didn't know how to deal with the enemy.

But when he saw that group of cavalry armed to the teeth cutting through the battlefield and marching away, turning their horses around not far away and charging back again, the fool also knew that something was wrong and had to run for his life.
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